Hey all. It's been a long time. I just wanted to let you guys know that I managed to add ability to browse for files on the CD. Ok, I'm lying... I didn't add it... because it had been there all along and I totally forgot!

Here's the deal. During development I did make a simple browser, but after I came up with the fancy jukebox-style browser I just completed forgot about the former. The fuctionality is still there. In fact, the executable doesn't even need to be recomplied to get it.

Remember that the whole NesterDC SE graphical interface was written using my prototype "Dreamscript" engine. All you have to do to you get the old style browser is change one line in one script. That's it!

Here's how...

1. After extracting the zip, navigate to the pre_cd folder.2. You'll see a lot of .js files. The one we care about is main2.js. Open it in a text editor.3. On line number 15, you'll see:

Code:

g_settings.romBrowseMode = 'SE';

Remove the SE so it becomes:

Code:

g_settings.romBrowseMode = '';

4. Create a folder in pre_cd called something like "myroms".5. Copy your roms there.6. Build a CD using the builder program. DONT point it to the same directory where you just put your roms. What you want to do is point it to a folder that contains only a few roms. I would be inclined to suggest pointing it to a folder that has no roms, but I don't know how the thing will work with an empty db. With my luck (and coding) it'll probably just choke.

Burn the CD and pop it in. When you go to the "library" you should instead be taken to a plain text-based browser. Locate your game and play!

I know a lot of you had been asking the right from the beginning and I put it off because I thought it would be a lot of work. On the contrary it's so easy a task that anyone can do it.

Thanks for testing this out for me, Christuserloeser. Some adventurous person could probably figure out how to add a toggle in the options menu to change the browsing mode. Actually, this weekend I'll try to make an official edit and a re-release. Time to dust off the old Dreamcast.

OMG, I have another discovery of code that already exists but is unused. God, how could I do this? It must have been the rushed release.

Anyway, add this line after line 15 in optionsScreen.js:

Code:

{name : "Misc", func : miscOptions},

This will unlock the ability to toggle between SE browsing mode and FILE browsing mode. This change actually makes my original post almost unnecessary. You still have to put your roms somewhere in pre_cd, but that's it. One line of code.

This will unlock the ability to toggle between SE browsing mode and FILE browsing mode.

I couldn't get this to work, but it could be because I booted SE with the old file browser activated.

It wouldn't be of much use anyway, since the files are either numbered (without any indication of what the games are about) for the SE browser, or simply named "My Game (JUE) [!]" (without being indexed) for the file browser. - There got to be a way to use both browsers with one set of files.

No, I don't plan on doing any work or making any releases for NesterDC SE in the near future. The desire just isn't there. Maybe one day I'll again feel inspired to continue where I left off, but not right now. If you want to make your own changes or releases, that's fine with me.

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